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Quote by John Fowles
Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical. – John Fowles

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We all write poems it is simply that poets are the ones who write in words. – John Fowles

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In some mysterious way woods have never seemed to me to be static things. In physical terms, I move through them; yet in metaphysical ones, they seem to move through me. – John Fowles

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I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son. – Edward Gibbon

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Duty. That which sternly impels us in the direction of profit, along the line of desire. – Ambrose Bierce

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The most beautiful things in the universe are the starry heavens above us and the feeling of duty within us. – Proverb

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Rank imposes obligation. – Anon.

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